The EuroTech Universities, under the coordination of École Polytechnique, are organising an Autumn School for PhD students on hydrogen production, storage, and conversion technologies, taking place at École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France. This is already the second school on this topic, with the last one taking place in autumn 2022 at DTU in Denmark. To learn more about EuroTech summer/winter schools, please click here.
Impressions from Palaiseau
Summary of the school
The organisers Sebastian VALLEJO-JIMENEZ, Marie-Sophie DIAS FERNANDES and Catherine HARVEY published a summary of the school in École Polytechnique’s alumni magazine “La Jaune et la Rouge”.
Agenda outline
Monday, 9 October
The hydrogen value chain and geographical context
Speakers include:
- Dominique Rossin, Provost of École Polytechnique
- Catherine Harvey, Marie-Sophie Dias Fernandes, Sebastian Vallejo Jimenez, Organisers, LCM, École Polytechnique
- Dr Nouaamane Kezibri, Design & Modeling Project Manager at Total Energies
- Mikaa Blugeon-Mered, Lecturer on Hydrogen Markets, Diplomacy and Geopolitics at Sciences Po
Tuesday, 10 October
Industry visit: Synchrotron
Poster session
Wednesday, 11 October
Industry visit: Elogen
Hydrogen production
Speakers include:
- Professor Loïc Assaud, Maître de Conférences – HDR, Université Paris-Saclay
- Professor Christodoulos Chatzichristodoulou, Senior Researcher at Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, DTU
- Dr Dan Levy, Post-doctoral Researcher at Institut de physique du globe de Paris
- Professor Claude Lamy, Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (ICGM), UMR 5253 CNRS – University of Montpellier, ELFE (Electrochemistry for Energy)
Thursday, 12 October
Industry visit: Engie
Downstream of the value chain: conversion and applications
Speakers include:
- Professor Alon Grinberg Dana, Head of the Kinetics and Chemical Technology Lab, Technion
- Professor Olivier Guaitella, Research Engineer, HDR. Low Temperature Plasmas Team, École Polytechnique
- Professor Anke Hagen, Professor at Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, DTU
Friday, 11 October
Hydrogen storage
Speakers include:
- Dr. Dina Irofti & Dr. Luis Corona Mesa-Moles, EDF R&D
- Professor Maja Rücker, Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, TU/e
- Professor Andreas Züttel, Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER), EPFL
- Professor Azahara Luna Triguero, Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, TU/e
- Professor Alexandre Dimanov, Senior Researcher in the Solid Mechanics Laboratory, CNRS/École Polytechnique
Practical information
Date and time: Monday 9 to Friday 13 October 2023
Location: Palaiseau, France
Registration: is closed
Audience
🔒 The autumn school is open to PhD students and postdocs of the EuroTech Universities only (DTU, EPFL, L’X – IP Paris, Technion, TU/e, TUM).
Further information
For further information, please contact Maria Montoiro (contact details below).
